After taking money off the table toward the end of 2012, individual investors came back with a vengeance in January, adding a record $80.6 billion to their mutual fund holdings, according to the Investment Company Institute.

Investors added nearly $38 billion to stock funds during the month, with a little more than half of that flowing into international stocks.

Nearly $33 billion, or 41% of the total monthly inflow, went into MORE

The company, , which provides user-generated reviews of local businesses, has been making a big push to expand into other countries but that costs money. Sales and marketing expenses jumped 59% in the latest quarter.

That's a tough pill for investors to swallow when they're looking for a profit.

Individual investors continue dip back into U.S. stocks as the Dow and S&P 500 get closer to new record highs, but the pace has slowed.

U.S. stock mutual funds raked in $3.5 billion during the week ended Jan. 23, according to data from the Investment Company Institute, making it the third consecutive week that investors added money to U.S. stocks. Altogether, investors have plowed more than $16 billion into the market during MORE

Who's worried about the fiscal cliff? Who isn't. One look at the market's fear gauge, the VIX, and it's pretty clear that investors are among those feeling some agita.

Over the past month, the VIX has surged nearly 30%, hitting its highest level in months. And with mere days left for President Obama and Congress to reach a deal on the fiscal cliff, it's no wonder investors are bracing for MORE

The U.S. stock market has been on a bull run since early 2009. At the same time, individual investors have been pulling billions of dollars out of stocks each year.

As the S&P 500 rallied about 13% during the first eleven months of 2012, individual investors yanked about $152 billion from the U.S. stock market, according to data from EPFR Global, a Boston-based firm that tracks fund flows for both mutual MORE

Investors have been bailing out of the stock market all year, but the exodus picked up considerable speed last week.

U.S. stock mutual funds bled nearly $10.6 billion during the week ended Oct. 3, the most since the week in August 2011 when Standard and Poor's downgraded the U.S. credit rating following the debt ceiling brawl in Washington, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.

Is the Fed really that powerful? One look at CNNMoney's Fear & Greed Index says yes.

Early Friday, the index surged to 94! That's a record high for the index, with data available since 2004.

The index has been in 'extreme greed 'territory for the past week, as investors have been betting that central bankers around the world would do something to inject life into the sluggish global economy. And boy have MORE

The summer may be over, but investors continued to pull money from the stock market in the latest week, as they waited on central banks to take steps to stimulate the global economy.

During the week ended Sept. 5, U.S. stock mutual funds bled another $2.9 billion, according to the Investment Company Institute, bringing the 2012 outflow total to more than $79 billion. By comparison, those funds lost in the neighborhood of MORE

Investors are turning their noses up at beverage stocks, as the Health Department approved a ban on selling giant sugary drinks in New York City on Thursday and two senators questioned the safety of energy drinks for children.

Monster Beverage (MNST) which makes non-carbonated energy drinks, as well as iced teas, lemonades and juice cocktails, has seen its stock fall nearly 10% over the past five days. Recently, takeover MORE